Bale-tie.



PAEIENTED FEB. 10, 1903. s. T. GREEN. 1

BALE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17. 1902.

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SAUNDERS TAYLOR GREEN, OF DYERSBURG, TENNESSEE.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,133, dated February10, 1903. Application filed May 17, 1902. Serial No. 107,833. (Nomodel.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAUNDERS TAYLOR GREEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dyersburg, in the county of Dyer and State ofTennessee, have invented a new and useful Bale-Tie, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction of bale-tie, the object beingto provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and eflicient device by meansof which the meeting ends of the tie-bands can be quickly and securelyfastened. Another object is to provide a device from which the end ofthe tie-band can be quickly and easily disconnected when desired.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, inproviding a rectangular-shaped frame offset or angled adjacent to oneend and a locking-key adapted to be inserted in the loop of the bandsand bear against the offset or angled portion of the frame.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction andnovelties of combination, all of which will be fully describedhereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view illustrating a bale-tie constructed in accordance withmy invention, the parts being shown in the positions they occupy whenthe tying operation is completed. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveviewillustrating the position of the parts during the tying operationwhen one form of tieframe is employed. Fig. 3 is a view illustrating indetail the frame, the bale-bands, and the locking-key; and Fig. i is aperspective viewillustrating a slightly-modified form of construction,the parts being shown in the positions they occupy during the tyingoperation, the locking-key being separated from the loop in the band.

In constructing a bale-tie in accordance with my invention I employ abuckle-frame A, essentially in the form of an open rectangle andcomprising the side members A and A and the end members A The endmembers A are offset or angled adjacent to the side member A as mostclearly shown at A, the side members A and A being arranged in parallelplanes, and the oifset or angled portions provide a shoulder againstwhich a locking-key can bear. The end members A are preferably notchedat opposite points, as shown at A in order to permit the insertion ofthe lockin g-key during the tying operation. B and B indicate thebale-bands, the band B being looped, as shown at B and passed around themember A. The band B is looped, as shown at B and the locking-key C ispreferably inserted in said loop, and in practice I prefer to providethis key with a cut-out portion 0 to receive the bale-band, therebypreventing any lateral movement of the key after the locking operationhas been completed.

In the construction of tie illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and inwhich the end members-are notched, the key is usually carried within theloop of the band B, and in order to complete the locking operation thekey is inserted in'the said notches; as illustrated in Fig. 2, andbrought into engagement with the offset or shouldered portion of theframe, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1. In the construction shown inFig. 4:, and in which the notches are omitted, the loop B is insertedbeneath the member A and projected into the frame a sufficient distanceto receive the locking-key C, it being understood that the straight sideof the key is turned against the offset or shouldered portion of theframe, while the band fits into the cut outside of the said key.

It will thus be seen that I provide a simple and safe construction ofbale-tie which can be quickly and easily fastened, and inasmuch as it isonly necessary to reverse the operations herein described in order tounfasten the tie it is likewise obvious that the nntying operation canbe as quickly accomplished.

Having thusfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is v 1 A bale-tie comprising an essentiallyrectangular frame, having two of its oppositelydisposed members ofisetor shouldered adjacent to a third member, said members being notched anda key adapted to be passed through the notches and bear against theofiset or shouldered portion of the frame, as specified.

2. The combination with an essentially recsponding opposite side,whereby an ofiset is produced upon the two connecting sides, and a keycut away along the intermediate portion of one side, said key beingadapted to bear against the ofiset, substantially as described.

SAUNDERS TAYLOR GREEN.

Witnesses:

J. P. KING, R. A. MOXY.

